So here's a link, and two pics from Peirce's teacher and mentor, the natural scientist Louis Agassiz, a champion of the importance of visual reasoing for science 5/5 spartacus-idh.com/liseuse/134/...

Here'sa "metaphysical diagram" drawn by well-known philosopher and scientist Charles S. Peirce when he was still very young (1859). What can historians of philosophy do with visual material of this sort, beyond treating it as a mere illustration? 1/n

I've written a short piece on Aby Warburg and his rather idiosyncratic use of everyday photography to document the presence of ancient "Pathosformeln" (emotionally charged representations of the body) in his own time. It's out both in IT and EN in a wonderful exhibition catalogue: lnkd.in/eeeS67yN

I will soon be hosting an interdisciplinary workshop at @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social on "Heritage: A Concept at the Crossroads of Biology and Culture" (Sept 19th), co-organized with Giovanna Targia. Programme here: philevents.org/event/show/1...

Today we went to The Hague to protest against the right wing Dutch government's plan to cut funds to higher education. It was a big, enthusiastic crowd #stopthecuts #WOinActie

Stats of the day: Italy's salaries have grown by a mere 1% since 1991 🥹

First University-wide debate on whether to cut ties with fossil companies at Maastricht. Not a huge turnout but encouraging participation from @fasosmaastricht.bsky.social #FossilFuels #ClimateCrisis

It seems like infrastructural problems in the Maastricht area are a longue durée issue (from @washingtonpost.com )